After Arrested Development
Tonight, while watching some Season 2 of Arrested Development, I got to wondering what Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of the series, was up to now. Turns out he wrote a script for a pilot of “The Thick of It,” which is based on a BBC series of the same name. I’ve seen one episode of the original - and it was brilliant and funny. (Think The West Wing meets The Office but meaner.) And! Christopher Guest directed this American version! Alas, it appears never to have been picked up. Sigh.
I will find some video of the original and post it here soon.